In order to believe that theres a fake emergency at the border you have to be blind to the facts or simply unwilling to listen.
Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON D.C. Today during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) delivered remarks on Customs and Border Protections (CBP) response to human trafficking and illegal immigration across the U.S.-Mexico border. Excerpts of Sen. Cornyns remarks are below and video can be found here.
We know that CBP is facing unprecedented challenges today and I applaud your efforts as well as the men and women who work with you who are on the front lines of this challenge on a daily basis."
We see hashtags that call what the president and others have described as a fake emergency at the border. But in order to believe that theres a fake emergency at the border you have to be blind to the facts or simply unwilling to listen."
I feel particularly strongly about this topic because of where I live and the state I represent. We have 1200 miles of common border with Mexico."
As you know Mr. Commissioner CBP announced that more than 76000 people crossed the border in February alone. 76000 in one month. This is the largest monthly total in more than a decade."
Compared to this time last year family unit apprehensions have increased 209 percent in the Rio Grande Valley sector. Family unit apprehensions have increased 497 percent in the Del Rio sector. And most staggering in the El Paso sector overall apprehensions have increased 434 percent while family unit apprehensions have increased an incredible 1639 percent."
This is not a crisis people say?"
I hear absolutely no suggestions from our Democratic friends on how to deal with the causes of these problems."
Senator John Cornyn a Republican from Texas is a member of the Senate Finance Intelligence and Judiciary Committees
